Coherix |
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| Founded: |
2001 (spinoff of X-Rite Inc) |
| Founder: |
Dwight D. Carlson |
| Product/Service: |
Leading supplier of Robust 3D products |
| Location: |
Ann Arbor, MI |
| Website: |
coherix.com |
Coherix creates machines that see in three dimensions (3D) to one micron — that's one millionth of a meter. Our Mission is to supply Robust 3D products that enable customers to produce their products with higher precision (HP) and with higher yields (HY), leading to high quality products produced at a lower cost per unit. Our Vision is to become the leading supplier of Robust 3D products. Our initial focus is on the auto and semiconductor industries. In the future we will enter the biotechnology field with Coherix advanced sensing and image processing. [Coherix Website, Corporate Profile] |
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 May 6, 2009
Ann Arbor's Coherix capitalizes on flu for growth
Good businesses have a good idea and capitalize on it. Great businesses can take that idea, adapt and change it so they can continue to thrive. It's starting to look like Coherix is becoming the latter.
Coherix develops high-tech systems to improve engine-manufacturing quality. It uses high-tech optical-based measurement and inspection products to find efficiencies in the automotive and semiconductor industries.
The 6-year-old company started out selling its products to private enterprises. Then the economy crashed last year and the brass behind Coherix quickly realized the private sector business was drying up, so it began repackaging its products for where the money is now — namely the U.S. government.
"We're doing quite well actually," says Dwight Carlson, chairman and CEO of Coherix. "Necessity is the mother of all invention."
The latest necessity is Swine Flu. Coherix created a sensor that could tell if someone was running a fever and was ready to deploy it to the Far East when Bird Flu was the big worry a few years ago. That never happened because the technology has military applications and the feds wouldn't allow its exportation. But Coherix is ready to do the same with Swine Flu here in the U.S. and is fielding calls for it.
"When the Swine Flu pandemic came up we were ready," Carlson says.
The company employs just under 50 people today and the occasional intern. It plans to expand its staff overseas before adding to its Ann Arbor staff. |
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 Apr 30, 2009
Ann Arbor-Based Coherix Developed Tool to Screen for Swine Flu
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Coherix, a high-tech firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with a close relationship to the University of Michigan, has developed a product that will help federal officials, hospitals, schools, airports and businesses screen for potential cases of swine flu.
Coherix’s ThermalSentry™ can detect elevated temperature levels in individuals passing by at border crossings, airports, and also can be used at sporting events, hospitals, factories and similar locations. The system is fast and accurate to one quarter of a degree.
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Originally developed during the SARS pandemic several years ago, ThermalSentry™ has been proven for use in screening people to prevent the spread of swine flu in the U.S.
“ThermalSentry™ is a high-accuracy, non-contact, body temperature monitoring system targeted at real-time detection of influenza victims including swine flu,” explained Dwight Carlson, CEO of Coherix.
“It remotely measures the skin temperature of subjects at a distance of 5 to 10 meters. All persons in the field of view are monitored simultaneously so there is no need for people to line up in order to have their temperature recorded.”
The tool consists of a special purpose, high-tech camera connected to a computer. As people pass by the ThermalSentry™ it acquires their thermal images. Flashing lights along with an audible alarm will warn if feverish temperatures have been detected.
“ThermalSentry™ is portable and easy to set-up. It is a perfect tool to quickly screen people while passing by, entering a building or an airplane,” concluded Carlson.
Coherix is a leader in three-dimensional technology that enables machines to see, also known as machine vision. The company provides high-definition measurement and detection to assist customers in semiconductor, health care and transportation industries. Coherix products are in operation around the world at companies such as Intel , Amkor, Bosch, Apple, BorgWarner, Ford, Honda, MAG, Chrysler, General Motors, Micron, Infineon and TRW. |
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 Oct 15, 2008
Coherix Inc. gets $5 million infusion
The Swedish venture capital arm of Volvo Group has invested $5 million in Pittsfield Township-based Coherix Inc. to help the company grow in Europe.
Further terms of the deal between Coherix and the venture capital organization, Volvo Technology Transfer AB, weren't made public. The CEO of Volvo Technology Transfer, Anders Brännström, is on Coherix's board of directors.
Coherix is a privately-held firm that designs, manufactures and sells fast-moving three-dimensional cameras, especially for the automotive and semiconductor industries. The machines can quickly inspect products for defects and take precise measurements. The company employs 45 people in Pittsfield.
In addition to its local headquarters, where its research and development operations are based, Coherix has a wholly-owned subsidiary based in Singapore. The company expects to open an office in Sweden and in several other European cities. Volvo makes heavy-duty trucks and diesel engines, mostly for European and North American markets.
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